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Book: Saving the Planet Without the Bull, https://linktr.ee/savingtheplanetbook. Podcast: Angry Clean Energy Guy. Climate and CleanEnergy from the front lines

Exactly what I discussed on Episode 95 of the Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast, except for the whole world rather than just the US: “The Achilles heel of AI and AGI is electricity. By 2030, new data centers require $6.7 trillion worldwide, based on current market data, to keep…

One year later, the staggering energy shortfall to power the AI revolution rises from 36GW to 44GW. At $60BN per GW, this is $2.5 Trillion in grid funding needed and EXCLUDES the $2 Trillion needed to build the actual data centers (source Morgan Stanley).

zerohedge's tweet image. One year later, the staggering energy shortfall to power the AI revolution rises from 36GW to 44GW. At $60BN per GW, this is $2.5 Trillion in grid funding needed and EXCLUDES the $2 Trillion needed to build the actual data centers (source Morgan Stanley).


"What if the AI race isn’t about chips at all?" Hint: It isn't about chips. It's about access to cheap electricity at massive scale ft.com/content/e4c9ac…

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. "What if the AI race isn’t about chips at all?"

Hint: It isn't about chips. It's about access to cheap electricity at massive scale

ft.com/content/e4c9ac…

Historic: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months Off-the-charts good carbonbrief.org/analysis-china…

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. Historic: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months

Off-the-charts good 

carbonbrief.org/analysis-china…

Banks: Most have always been hypocritical on climate Insurance companies: Most have always been hypocritical on climate Pension and sovereign funds: actually mean it when they said they’re taking climate action This has been clear for years (I covered it in my book Saving the…

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. Banks: Most have always been hypocritical on climate

Insurance companies: Most have always been hypocritical on climate

Pension and sovereign funds: actually mean it when they said they’re taking climate action

This has been clear for years (I covered it in my book Saving the…

Exactly 0.1% of all the carbon we capture from the air isn’t via forests. Top 10 Countries with Largest Forests: 1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world) 2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%) 3 Canada: 369m (8.91%) 4 US: 308m (7.46%) 5 China: 227m (5.49%) 6 DRC: 139m (3.36%) 7…

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. Exactly 0.1% of all the carbon we capture from the air isn’t via forests. Top 10 Countries with Largest Forests:

1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7…

The Philippines just awarded a massive 10GW of renewables capacity at its 4th Green Energy Auction Program, bringing the total from green auctions over 3 years to 22GW - 74% of the entire existing installed capacity of the country Renewables take over slowly, slowly, then…


Prediction: Nothing useful for climate action will happen at #COP30. The UN "climate talks" are quasi fossil fuel fairs hijacked to obfuscate and delay NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. Prediction: Nothing useful for climate action will happen at #COP30.  The UN "climate talks" are quasi fossil fuel fairs hijacked to obfuscate and delay 

NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed

Tectonic shift in Europe's car market: In September, 67% of all new cars in Europe were electrified >HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share >Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share >PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share Also: >Petrol cars down 8% to 24% share >Diesel down…

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. Tectonic shift in Europe's car market: In September, 67% of all new cars in Europe were electrified

>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share

Also:
>Petrol cars down 8% to 24% share
>Diesel down…

World’s biggest isolated grid - Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System - hits new peak of 89% renewables Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-biggest…

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. World’s biggest isolated grid - Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System - hits new peak of 89% renewables

Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy

reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-biggest…

Hyperscalers announced new data centres with 46GW of computing power >Cost: $2.5tn to build >Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK ft.com/content/2b849d…

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. Hyperscalers announced new data centres with 46GW of computing power

>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity

That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK

ft.com/content/2b849d…

South Korea mandates solar PV for every parking lot for 80 cars or more (from end-November), applying it retroactively to existing facilities - about 3,000 lots in total That's 2 to 3GW of new solar powering millions of homes, zero land needed cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/202…

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. South Korea mandates solar PV for every parking lot for 80 cars or more (from end-November), applying it retroactively to existing facilities - about 3,000 lots in total

That's 2 to 3GW of new solar powering millions of homes, zero land needed

cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/202…

Global deforestation is declining, a very good thing. Top 10 countries adding forests (2015-2025) 1 China: 1,686 hectares, per year, or 16.9m ha total (larger than Bangladesh or Greece) 2 Russia: 942 ha/ year (about the size of South Korea or Portugal) 3 India: 191 ha/year 4…

AssaadRazzouk's tweet image. Global deforestation is declining, a very good thing. Top 10 countries adding forests (2015-2025)

1 China: 1,686 hectares, per year, or 16.9m ha total (larger than Bangladesh or Greece)
2 Russia: 942 ha/ year (about the size of South Korea or Portugal)
3 India: 191 ha/year
4…

We'll keep addin' solar down here in Texas, no matter who's runnin' the show in Washington. Why? 'Cause it's just better, simple as that cleantechnica.com/2025/10/27/tex…


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